More bad bicyclist news from car-bike crashes over the weekend in Tampa Bay.
On late Sunday night in Seminole in Pinellas County, bicyclist Roger Hiers, 54, of Gibsonton suffered life-threatening head injuries when police said he pedaled into the path of a vehicle driven by John Collins on Park Street N., the Times said.
"Hiers appeared to have been drinking and alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash, investigators said," according to the Times.
Here's the Times story, which offers a few more details.
And early Sunday morning at 3:16 am on US 41 in Lutz in north Hillsborough County, a bicyclist tried to cross US 41 at Crystal Lake Road, police said. He was killed.
TBO.com did not have many details excapt to say, "A man on a bicycle tried to cross U.S. 41 and pulled in front of a northbound Ford Fusion, deputies said. The Ford struck and killed the bicyclist. The names of the victim and the driver of the Ford were not available Sunday."
In less than three months in Hillsborough, seven bicyclists have been killed. A common factor is bicyclists killed at night or faint light conditions.
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